Articles by Shamus Cooke
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More Than a Newsman – Behind the Media’s Assault on Seymour Hersh
Shamus Cooke - CounterPunch,
25 May 2015
19 May 2015 – He’s the most respected journalist in U.S. history, and for decades Seymour Hersh has consistently broken major international stories, winning him the Pulitzer Prize among other prestigious awards of journalism. Hersh’s recent report on the killing of Osama Bin Laden and his prior investigation of Obama’s aborted 2013 bombing of Syria have attracted a synchronized media smear campaign.
→ read full articleCorporate Profits Soar. The Super Wealthy Reinvent American Capitalism
Shamus Cooke - Global Research,
18 Nov 2013
As U.S. corporate profits soar to record highs, food stamps for the neediest were quietly cut. The politicians who are demanding endless cuts to social programs insist that the U.S. is broke, all the while conveniently ignoring the mountains of tax-free wealth piling up in the pockets of the super rich.
→ read full articleWhy No Revolution Exists in Syria
Shamus Cooke, Workers Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Aug 2013
This watered down definition of a revolution would qualify the U.S. Occupy Movement as a revolution, which of course it was not. A nation can be inhabited by entirely revolutionary-minded people, but there is no revolution unless people are massively asserting their power in the streets, workplaces, and neighborhoods. This is not the situation in Syria, where no revolution exists at this time.
→ read full articleSyria’s Fake Sectarian War
Shamus Cooke – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2013
Pro-Jihad religious leaders of Qatar and Saudi Arabia are taking a giant gamble in their recent anti-Hezbollah proclamations, and risk triggering political instability in their own already-shaky regimes, which are hugely dependent on the religious leaders for support.
→ read full articleHow Obama and Al-Qaeda Became Syrian Bedfellows
Shamus Cooke - CounterCurrents,
3 Jun 2013
Equally odd is that Obama’s strongest military ally on the ground in Syria- the best equipped and effective fighting force against the Syrian Government — is Jabhat al-Nusra, a group that has affiliated itself with al-Qaeda, and aims to turn Syria into an extremist Islamic state that enforces a fundamentalist version of Sharia law.
→ read full articleStimulus or Austerity: The People vs. the Banks
Shamus Cooke – Global Research,
5 Jul 2010
What are financial markets? And why must every country be at their mercy? A financial market is anyplace the super-rich invest their money. It can be done through a bank, hedge fund, or a private equity firm, etc. The rich demand that their investments are safe and therefore are especially “skittish” at the slightest hint of inflation or other economic distress. The rich who dominate financial markets advocate only one solution to balancing budgets: reducing or eliminating social programs. They ignore the other solution— a massive public works project— because it directly affects them in a negative way: raising taxes on the wealthy.
→ read full articleCAN CAPITALISM SAVE HAITI ?
Shamus Cooke – Global Research,
17 Feb 2010
Absolute horror continues in Haiti . The inhuman — response by the international community the U.S. especially — has been directly responsible for thousands of deaths, whether it be those who were buried alive under rubble, or who died by infection or other untreated injuries. The U.S. military’s domination of the Port-au-Prince airport prevented international […]
→ read full articleOBAMA’S REAL PLAN IN LATIN AMERICA
Shamus Cooke,
21 Apr 2009
At first glance Obama seems to have softened U.S. policy toward Latin America, especially when compared to his predecessor. There has been no shortage of editorials praising Obama’s conciliatory approach while comparing it to FDR’s ”Good Neighbor” Latin American policy. It’s important to remember, however, that FDR’s vision of being neighborly meant that the U.S. […]
→ read full articleMEXICO, PAKISTAN, AND THE SO-CALLED “FAILED STATE”
Shamus Cooke,
15 Mar 2009
Washington’s War on "Narco-Terrorism" Are Mexican drug cartels a threat to the United States? This is an easy conclusion to make after reading most mainstream U.S. newspapers. Hardly a day goes by without sensational stories about “broad daylight” gun battles, heart-wrenching interviews with weeping mothers, and praise for the Mexican army in its “war” against […]
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